This week's programme:
09.05am
JOHANN CASPAR FERDINAND FISCHER: Suite No. 1 for Orchestra (Overture); Missa Sancti Michaelis Archangeli (Kyrie)
(c/w Missa in Contrapuncto)
Veronika Winter (soprano), Jenny Haecker (alto), Henning Voss (tenor), Nils Giebelhausen (tenor), Matthias Gerchen (bass), Handel's Company, Kammerchor der MarienKantorei Lemgo, Rainer Johannes Homburg (conductor)
MDG 905 1477-6 (Hybrid SACD)
MOZART: Requiem (Tuba mirum, Rex tremendae)
Marie Arnet (soprano), Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Darren Jeffrey (bass)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO Live LSO0627 (Hybrid SACD, budget) or LSO0127 (CD, Budget)
SCHUBERT: Mass in E flat D950 (Agnus Dei)
Susan Gritton (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass)
Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox (conductor)
Chandos CHAN0750 (CD)
NB. This is released 3rd March 2008
09.30 am
Building a Library Recommendation
BARTOK: Violin Concerto No. 2 Sz112*
Bartok The Concerto Album
Reviewer - Piers Burton-Page
First Choice:
(c/w Concerto for Orchestra Sz116; Piano Concerto No. 2 Sz95; Piano Concerto No. 3 Sz119; Violin Concerto No. 1 Sz36; Viola Concerto Op. posth. Sz120; The Miraculous Mandarin - Suite Sz73; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Sz106)
Kyung-Wha Chung (violin)*, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra*, Simon Rattle (conductor)*
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Orchestre de Paris, Lorin Maazel (conductor), Martha Argerich (piano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Libor Pesek (conductor), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, David Shallon (conductor), Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
EMI 509407 2 (3 CDs, Budget)
Next week Jeremy Summerly examines recordings of Poulenc's Gloria.
10.25 New Releases
Andrew talks to Hilary Finch about some new chamber music releases. With extracts from the following discs:
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No. 3 Op. 1 No. 3; Piano Trio No. 5 Op. 70 No. 1, 'The Ghost'
HUMMEL: Piano Trio No. 4 Op. 65
Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Daniel Sepec (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901955 (CD)
SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 1 Op. 99 (D.898); Notturno in E flat major D.897; Piano Trio No. 2 Op. 100 (D.929); Sonatensatz D.28
Trio Wanderer
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902002.03 (2 CDs, Mid Price)
JS BACH: Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) BWV 1080
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 7345 (CD)
CLEMENTI: The Complete Sonatas - 1
(Six Sonatas Op. 1; Three Sonatas Op. 2; Sonata in G major WO14; Three Sonatas Op. 7; Three Sonatas Op. 8; Sonata in A flat major WO13)
Howard Shelley (piano)
Hyperion CDA67632 (2 CDs)
11.15 Session Report
Late Mozart Symphonies. CD Review eavesdrops on the Glasgow City Halls sessions for Sir Charles Mackerras' latest recordings of Mozart Symphonies with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
MOZART: Symphonies 38-41
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Linn CKD 308 (2 Hybrid SACDs, 2 for the price of one plus digital download)
11.45am Disc of the Week
R. STRAUSS: 4 Last Songs
(c/w An Alpine Symphony)
Anja Harteros (soprano), Staatskapelle Dresden,
Fabio Luisi (conductor)
Sony 88697141972 (Hybrid SACD)
